Hemming Information Services

With more than 100 years' publishing experience, Hemming Information Services produces magazines, directories and websites that serve both the public and private sectors.

Hemming Group is a family-owned and privately run company. For more than 100 years, we have produced high quality magazines, exhibitions, directories and conferences serving a diverse range of domestic and international markets. Hemming Group is made up of two divisions: Hemming Information Services, the publishing arm of the company, and Brintex, the events arm of the company.

By using the website, and in consideration of Hemming Information Services allowing you access to it, you accept and agree to be bound by these terms and conditions ('Terms'). From time to time we may modify the Terms, so please continue to review them whenever accessing or using the website. You may only use this website if you agree to these terms and conditions and by continuing to use this website you are agreeing to these terms and conditions.

All copyright, trademarks, and other intellectual property rights used as part of the website are vested in Hemming Information Services and its licensors.

You acquire no rights or licences in or to the website other than the limited right to use the website solely in accordance with these terms and conditions.

Other than as set out below, you may not copy, reproduce, distribute, publish, display, perform, modify, or in any other way exploit any part of the website.

You may not use any part of the website to construct a database of any kind.

With the exception of Buildersmerchantsnews.co.uk RSS feeds, you may not make any part of the website available as part of another website, whether by hyperlink framing on the Internet or otherwise, unless you have been authorised to do so in writing by Hemming Information Services.

Our website terms and conditions apply to our RSS feeds. We reserve the right to prevent the distribution of Buildersmerchantsnews.co.uk content. Hemming Information Services does not accept any liability for its RSS feeds.

We are not responsible for the content or reliability of the websites that may, from time to time, be linked to Buildersmerchantsnews.co.uk and the use of any feed from a third party web site should not be taken as our endorsement of that web site. Your use of such a website is at your sole risk.

The website is provided without any warranties or guarantees, unless specifically stated. Hemming Information Services accepts no responsibility or liability for functions contained on the website and makes no warranties that the website is accurate or will operate uninterrupted or error-free or that defects will be corrected.

You are responsible for your own communications and for any consequences of those communications. You will not use the website for any illegal purpose and you will not send or post or allow any posting of information which is defamatory or obscene or which violates the legal rights of others. You agree not to send any unsolicited promotional or advertising material, or any volume messages which may interfere with the provision of this website or the enjoyment of the website by other users.

Hemming Information Services accepts no liability to you (save in respect of fraud and of personal injury or death caused by its negligence) whether in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, arising out of or in connection with this website. Your sole remedy is to discontinue use of the website.

You agree to indemnify Hemming Information Services against any claims, losses, damages and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by or awarded against Hemming Information Services as a result of misuse by you of this website or your breach of these terms and conditions.

We reserve the right at any time without notice to enhance, modify, alter, or suspend the website and to terminate or restrict your access to the website.

These Terms are governed English law and the English Courts shall have non-exclusive jurisdiction.

Privacy

Information we collect from our customers and users of our websites may be used in the following ways:

1. Subscription Services: Personal information provided as part of the registration/subscription process for any publication, product or service is used to manage your access and to enable us to provide a better service.

2. Contact details: We will use contact details provided by you as part of any registration process (i.e. your name, job title, telephone and fax number and your e-mail and postal addresses) to provide any product or services requested by you and also to tell you about important changes to relevant subscription services and their functionality.

Contact details will be used by us (and by our associated companies) to provide you with information about other services and products which may interest you and be disclosed to third party businesses and advertisers for the same purpose only if you have given us permission to do so.

3. Voluntary Information: We may ask for further information about you as part of online surveys or if you enter any competition or other promotional feature. This information will be used to enable us to improve the relevant publication, product or service and may also be disclosed to other companies as specified in the relevant promotion.

4. Statistical information: Aggregate statistical information provided by us to our advertisers or others regarding sales or website usage will not include personally identifying information.

5. Security: Your personal data will be held on a secure server. Our sites are equipped with security and firewall software.

6. Access to Data: Under the Data Protection Act 1988, you have the right to be told what personal information we hold about you on our databases. You should write to us, attn Company Secretary at the following address: Hemming Information Services, 32 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 2SS, stating your full name, your address and any of our publications or services to which you know you subscribe. An administrative charge may be made for fulfilling this request.

7. Changes to Privacy Policy: Any changes to the privacy policy will be posted here. Last updated: 8 November 2013.

Google Analytics.

This website uses Google Analytics to help analyze how users use the site. The tool uses cookies which are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet behaviour information in an anonymous form. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the site (including your IP address) is transmitted to Google. This information is then used to evaluate visitors' use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity for the Hemming Group.

We will never (and will not allow any third party to) use the statistical analytics tool to track or to collect any personally identifiable information of visitors to our site. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. Neither we, nor Google, will link, or seek to link, an IP address with the identity of a computer user. We will not associate any data gathered from this site with any personally identifiable information from any source, unless you explicitly submit that information via a fill-in form on our website.

Further information about cookies: The Interactive Advertising Bureau is the industry body that develops standards and guidelines to support online business processes. It has produced a series of web pages that explain how cookies work and how they can be managed at www.allaboutcookies.org

Privacy disclaimer

Hemming Information Services is not responsible for the use of information sent by you to third parties or for privacy policies of third party websites that reside within Hemming Information Services and therefore cannot guarantee that your information will not be passed to another unidentified party. You use the information and links at your own risk.

While we use our reasonable endeavours to ensure the accuracy of information uploaded by us to the website, we take no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the content of this website, or for the representations made by other parties and included on the website.

We welcome your questions and comments about privacy issues and the design of our website. Should you have such comments or have a complaint about how we are using your personal data, please send an e-mail to the publisher.

2. Licence to copy to paper, hard disk or diskette for personal use: You may print (where a print option is given) or you may download the contents of an individual page for the purpose of private use. However, you may only make one copy thereof.

3. Copying for commercial purposes is prohibited: Reproduction of the whole or any part of the contents of the pages contained in this website in any form for purposes other than private and personal use (including, without limitation, for commercial purposes) is prohibited.

4. Prohibition against distributing/displaying/recopying the material to third parties: You may not distribute, display or copy the contents of the pages contained in this website to third parties.

5. General exclusions from licence: This licence to copy does not permit incorporation of the material or any part of it in any other work or publication, whether in hard copy or electronic or any other form. In particular (but without limitation) no part of Buildersmerchantsnews.co.uk’s web pages may be distributed or copied for any commercial purpose.

6. RSS and news feeds: Copyright applies to RSS feeds generated by Buildersmerchantsnews.co.uk. The use of these feeds is subject to their respective terms and conditions.

7. Exclusion of liability: The information contained in the pages of this website is for information purposes. While every care has been taken in its preparation, Hemming Information Services does not make any warranties or representation as to its accuracy or reliability. We neither accept nor assume any responsibility for keeping the information in these pages up to date or liability for any failure to do so.

In no event do we accept liability of any description including liability for negligence for any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data or profits arising out of or in connection with the viewing, use or performance of this website or its contents.

The pages contained in this website may contain technical inaccuracies and typographical errors. The information in these pages are regularly updated but may at times be out of date. We accept no responsibility for keeping the information in these pages up to date or liability for any failure to do so.

8. Applicable law and jurisdiction: Use of this website shall be made subject only to the laws of England which shall exclusively govern the interpretation, application and effect of all the above permissions, exclusions, licences and conditions of use.